The level of success our children enjoy now and will enjoy in their adult lives will be directly determined by the resolve they hold within themselves. As parents and educators, there are several questions we should ask ourselves as we seek to fulfill our responsibilities to our children: Have we given them the tools they need to enjoy success on their own or do we continue to enable them to be dependent on us? Have we taught them that success will come only to those who have first learned to complete the mundane duties-those tiny insignificant jobs-in life with the same effort, satisfaction, and well-done fashion as they would the challenging and adventurous opportunities that may come their way? Do we remind them regularly that if a man dare do his work in slipshod fashion or leave it half-finished, he will never know the excitement and joy of success? These are important questions that require honest answers. Are you willing to respond honestly to them?

Every child at this school has mountains to climb, dreams to fulfill, tasks to be completed, and peaks to be reached, and it is not likely that success will come easily for most of them. It will require every ounce of strength that they can muster. It is not likely that success will come quickly either, and the work cannot be done for them. They must do it themselves even if they fail again and again. W. Clement Stone said, "Success is achieved and maintained by those who try-and keep on trying." We must teach our children that if they will not give up, even though they fail a thousand times, success will smile on them.